Category: North America

Currently trying to downsize my kit at the moment so everyday I'm trying to give my stuff away. Today it's natural bug spray that doesn't really work and a folding stool which I've used once. I'm hoping that the grams eventually become kilograms.

To make life a little easier we caught a bus from Canmore to Banff to cut down on travel time. A lot of the local buses have these bike racks on the front, they also have space inside the bus for bikes too. I'm very impressed.Today's ride was from Field to Golden in British Columbia.…… Continue reading Canmore to Golden

We’ve spent the past week in Canmore staying at Alan Hobson’s house. We met him a few weeks ago on the Icefield Parkway, he impressed me with his knowledge of Leicester and the discovery of Richard the third, so of course we got on well. Originally we were meant to stay the weekend but stayed…… Continue reading Bye Bye Canmore

Yesterday was a day trip to Calgary on the Greyhound. Most of our time was spent in an outdoor store, we've had to reassess our equipment. We were carrying too much and stuff that was suitable for a two week tour just was suitable for a two year one. A chance to hit the city…… Continue reading Calgary

We saw a wolf whilst out riding in Banff. Sighting of wolves are very rare, they generally like to steer clear of humans – how lucky we're we to spot it. We were later told by someone local that it was most probably a coyote as there are only two wolves in the whole of…… Continue reading Eek a Wolf

Today I met John. He's bikepacking from Banff to Mexico along the Great Divide, this is his 4th time doing the route and the first time on his own. He's got an extremely light and compact set up and I was most impressed with his bike luggage as he made all of it except the…… Continue reading John

Just been on a social bike ride with Kerri Dance, she's the Recreation Program Co-ordinator at Banff Town Hall. Every Tuesday lunchtime during the summer there's a Townie bike ride. It was great opportunity to learn a lot more about the surroundings area and also all about their different initiatives to get more people on…… Continue reading Tuesday Townie Bike Rides

I saw this in Banff today. I was thinking that it would be cool if we had something like this in Leicester, I'm sure that nothing would happen to the tools or the track pump 😉

USB charger So my Bear bell has come in handy but more as a thief deterrent rather than to alert the bears of my presence. The other night on a campsite I was woken up by my bear bells. I woke up, unzipped the tent and the bells stopped ringing, so I went back to…… Continue reading Bear Bells